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Ruman progresses through last sixteen
DHAKA, May 19, 2021 (BSS)-Country’s ace archer Ruman Sana progressed through the last sixteen in the Archery World Cup 2021 stage-2 now being held in Lausanne, Switzerland, said a Bangladesh Archery Federation press release today.
Ruman Sana progressed to the round of sixteen with a 6-0 set points triumph against Oona Mart of Estonia in the recurve men’s singles event in the elimination round. He will meet Ellison Brady of USA in his next match of round of sixteen.
On the other hand, Diya Siddique lost to Stepanova of Russia by 7-3 set points while Beauty Roy lost to Anagox Yasemin of Turkey by 6-4 set points in the elimination round of recurve women’s singles event.
Meanwhile, in the compound men’s singles event, archer Asim Kumar Das lost to Kowsar Seyed Hesameddin of Iran by 146-134 score in the elimination round when the last report came this afternoon.
A total of 234 archers from 35 countries across the globe including 80 of recurve men’s, 69 recurve women’s, 47 compound men’s and 38 compound women’s archers are taking part in the World Cup.
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